Sleep, Aging & Wisdom
Do you ever wistfully reflect on your ability as a teenager to enjoy nine-hour uninterrupted stretches of restorative sleep on a regular basis, without any effort? How easy it was to take that for granted. Unfortunately, as we get older, it becomes hard for us to get that kind of sleep– in both quantity and […]...
Why you should kill your snooze button
Catching up on sleep on the weekends For many of us, the weekend presents an opportunity to catch up on badly needed sleep from our busy workweek. But this notion of catching up is a myth. While there’s a limited amount of recovery in getting good sleep the night after a poor night of sleep, […]...
Why You Might Consider Ditching The LEDs In Your Bedroom
When you turn in for the night, how dark is your bedroom? Chances are, various devices in your bedroom- even when in off mode- emit some light, even when they’re in off mode. Think about the small illumination LED light from your TV or the on/off switch of any LED lights that glow whether the […]...
What I’m Currently Reading
What I’m reading now…. Atomic Habits, by James Clear Small tweaks add up. According to Clear, “A slight change in your daily habits can guide your life to a very different destination.” The British Cycling team found in 2003 that focusing on marginal gains eventually paid off: finding the best pillow and mattress for the […]...
Do you have a wind down routine?
Just one more email? Just one peek at Facebook? Just one more video game? It’s easy to convince oneself that those few extra minutes are not a problem. But the reality is, spending time on your phone, tablet, or laptop late in the evenings could be messing with your sleep. How? In three ways: Blue […]...
Is permanent Daylight Savings a good idea?
Many of you may have heard that the US Senate voted unanimously last week that those of us living in the US should stop changing our clocks twice a year and permanently stay on Daylight Savings Time, leading to later sunrises in the mornings and later sunsets in the evenings, or darker mornings and brighter […]...
